PM-Goals, Philosophies and Scope of Maternal and Child Health Nursing Flashcards
Primary goal of Maternal and Child Health Nursing (MCHN)
is the promotion and maintenance of optimal family health to ensure cycles of optimal childbearing and childrearing.
______means before pregnancy
– preconception
what are the scope of MCHN
Provision of preconception health care
Provision of nursing care of women during three trimesters- and puerperium
Provision of nursing care of children from birth through adolescence
Provision of nursing care to families in all settings
during the first 3 months of pregnancy
1st trimester
what is Puerperium
(the 6 weeks after childbirth, sometimes termed as the fourth trimester of pregnancy)
assessment should always include the family as well as an individual
Family-centered;
the health of families is both affected by and influences the health of communities
Community-centered;
this is the means whereby critical knowledge increases.
Evidence based;
Educating parents and children to follow sound health practices through teaching and role
modeling
Health promotion
Teaching women the importance of
rubella immunization before pregnancy;
providing preteens with information
about safer sex practices well before
they are likely to become sexually active is an example of?
Health promotion
Intervening to maintain health when risk of illness is present
Health maintenance
Encouraging women to be partners in
prenatal care; teaching parents the
importance of safeguarding their home
by childproofing against poisoning
is an example of what phase of health care?
Health maintenance
Using conscientious assessment to
be certain that symptoms of illness
are identified and interventions are begun to return patient to wellness most rapidly
Health restoration
Caring for a woman during a
complication of pregnancy such as gestational diabetes or a child during an
acute illness such as pneumonia
is an example of what phase of health care
Health restoration
Helping prevent complications
from illness; helping a patient with
residual effects achieve an optimal
state of wellness and
independence; helping a patient to
accept inevitable death
Health rehabilitation
Encouraging a woman with gestational
trophoblastic disease (abnormal
placenta growth) to continue therapy or
a child with a renal transplant to
continue to take necessary medications
is an example of?
Health rehabilitation